I knew Omni-Man’s inclusion in Mortal Kombat 1 was gonna deliver again recollections—you seize any fashionable character and throw them right into a preventing recreation, and their moveset’s going to be reference-heavy. However NetherRealm actually went all out with this one. First, due diligence—if you happen to’ve not watched it but, I will run by some main spoilers for Invincible’s first season.
The trailer is a flashback-inducing gauntlet of a few of Omni-Man’s worst moments. He is a Viltrumite—a Superman that is not above splattering somebody’s brains throughout the wall. He is additionally a part of a horrific, galaxy-spanning Empire devoted to “bettering” the universe by obliterating any civilisation that disagrees with them. Enjoyable occasions.
As such, he will get a variety of harrowing moments of ultraviolence throughout the present. As a result of these moments at the moment are burned into my frontal lobe, I am gonna name out the references from the trailer as I see them. Include me for a gory jaunt down reminiscence lane.
At round 0:21, Omni-Man grabs his opponent’s ankle and swings them round like a morningstar, smashing them into the earth. That is a reference proper off the bat—he did the identical factor to Darkwing, Invincible’s Batman analogue, after he thought moving into melee vary with the person who can punch by concrete was a good suggestion.
It then smash-cuts right into a Fatality at 0:24, the place Omni-Man pummels his opponent into the dust, straddling them just like the world’s worst cowboy. That is from when he personally gained the “worst dad of the yr” award by nearly turning his son into paste. That spine-crushing transfer at 0:42 additionally comes from a scene the place he grabbed the completely huge spine of presidency agent Donald Ferguson throughout his heroic final stand. Sadly, Ferguson’s metal cojones did not save him.
0:46 takes us underground to a metro station (I assume he flies them there from the forest, until Earth Realm simply has actually good infrastructure) to recreate that notorious practice scene, the place Omni-Man introduces Mark to the “penalties” of “his” actions. The gory chaser is from his heel flip on the finish of Episode 1, the place he squeezes Pink Rush’s head like a watermelon in a hydraulic press. Then again to the practice. Then again to the watermelon factor. Two scenes I by no means thought I would be relieving back-to-back, however right here we’re.
I do suppose it is a testomony to Invincible that I used to be capable of recall these scenes mainly off the highest of my head, although—as a present, it has a variety of violence in it, however these moments of gore are at all times purposeful and handled with weight. They’re tied to vital story moments, just like the final stand of a person dying for his nation, or Mark inflicting hundreds of thousands in property injury to town’s subway system, the little scamp.
NetherRealm have outdone themselves right here—I am simply excited to see these fatalities and x-rays in full. Omni-Man’s slated to launch in November of this yr, so you’ve got acquired a month to organize your self for the Viltrumite invasion, which I think about entails a variety of making your peace and/or discovering a cave to cover in.